I have often featured the works of Public domain reviews In addition to those featured here on Open Culture, we also have a variety of searchable, copyright-free image databases that have been created over the years. It is only natural that these two worlds would collide, and now they are Public domain image archive (PDIA). Public Domain Review recommends the following uses: site “Explore our selection” Collection of 10,046 out-of-copyright worksanyone can view, download, and reuse it for free. ” and note that that number will continue to grow, given that “this is a living database with new images added every week.”
Like other portals of this kind, you can browse by category tags. Selecting category tags includes all of the following: architecture to decoration to occultism to war. But if you want to feel the formal, aesthetic, cultural and historical diversity; PDIAyou may want to check its contents first. “Infinite view” This allows you to scroll in all directions through an endless maze of copyright-free wonders. advertisement, bible scenes, old sportsman, space pictures, mushroom, medieval musical creatures, letter shapeand, well, labyrinth.
You may also recognize some items you’ve seen here before at Open Culture, such as Ernst Haeckel’s nature paintings, children’s books with contemporary art themes, and more. Cubies ABCor ghosts and monsters depicted by. Ukiyo-e Master Hokusai. of PDIA It provides more context than some public domain image archives and includes links to related public domain review posts, where you can read about topics such as: Emily Noyes Vanderpoel Color Analysis Chart (this also inspired our post), the end of the book (as predicted in 1894), and even “Cats and captions before the Internet era” Of course, all of this material is in the public domain, so you can use it for any purpose you like, in addition to satisfying your own curiosity.
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